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I recently switched to an SSD drive (as my OS drive) which has been working fine for about 2 months now.

Now last week there was a Windows update, after that update, I noticed that Windows would occasionally freeze for about a minute then go back to normal.

By the time the task manager loads, I can't find a trace of any program consuming high CPU or RAM.

Could it be the new SSD? But then again this only happened after that Windows update last week. I am clueless on how to trace this.

Note: My older HDDs are still connected as secondary drives if that makes a difference. Running SMART on all drives says they're in good health.

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    Generic Solution: Have you tried running the system file checker? sfc /scannow
    – DxTx
    Commented Apr 15, 2019 at 18:07
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    Check our the Event Viewer to see what errors are generated during the "freezes".
    – music2myear
    Commented Apr 15, 2019 at 18:48
  • @music2myear literally happened again just a few minutes ago, now I check Event Viewer I see an entry for avgntflt with a "Warning" level. I guess this is Avira? But I've had it since forever. Maybe it has issues with the recent Windows update?
    – IMB
    Commented Apr 15, 2019 at 19:04
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    @DxTx I just did that and it returned "Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them." with a log file. It could be related although right now I'm leaning towards what I found in the Event View as suggested by music2myear
    – IMB
    Commented Apr 15, 2019 at 19:05
  • If the AV is trying to scan a file that it cannot get a lock on, that could certainly be the culprit. Check your Avira client logs.
    – music2myear
    Commented Apr 15, 2019 at 19:18

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